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Executive summary of selected Philippine NGO submissions PDF Print Email
May - Jun 2008

The following is a summary of the submissions of Karapatan, National Council of Churches in the Philippines, Ibon Foundation, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Indigenous Peoples Rights Monitor, GMA Watch, Asian Legal Resource Center and NGO Working Group on Asia to the UN Human Rights Council as it conducts the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the Philippines. This summary also includes the report prepared by Bayan Muna, a political party in the Philippines which suffered political persecution.
 
A mother’s search for Jonas PDF Print Email
Mar - Apr 2008
The Desaparecidos is an organization of about 100 members who are either victims or families of victims of enforced disappearances.  Its members are bound by one uniting common experience: that of having been a victim of the cruelest crime of enforced disappearance.  The Desaparecidos is probably the only organization where we do not want more members.
 
Human Security Act: ‘Draconian, fascist’ PDF Print Email
May-June 2007
The anti-terrorism law is draconian, anti-people, and is very dangerous. Another fundamental point is, it does not cover the acts of terrorism of the State itself which is the worst kind of terrorism.
 
Arroyo becoming more isolated internationally; suspension of US military aid crucial PDF Print Email
Mar-Apr 2007
The more crucial question is if the militarist Bush administration heeds the growing demand to stop its military aid to one of its most loyal and trusted allies in the ‘war against terrorism’.
 


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